Percolator for coffee or tea pots.



P. NATHER.

PERcoLAToE EOE coEEEE 0E TEA POTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1909.

Patented Jan. 18,1910.

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'.PERCOLATOE FOR COFFEE 0R TEA POTS. i

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18,1910.

Application filed May 3, 1909. Serial No. 493,608.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK NATHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Platte and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Percolators for Coffee or Tea Pots; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a percolator for coffee or tea pots and has for its fobject to provide a simple attachment of this kind Vwhich may be readily placed in or removed from position as a unitary structure and which comprises two sections 1nclud1ng a strainer section which may befreadily disen-v gaged or separated as occaslon necessitates;

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists of vcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a co'ee ortea pot with my percolator attachment applied thereto, parts of the pot and percolator being broken away to more advantageously illustrate certain features of the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one section of the percolator attachment removed from piston with parts broken away; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the other section of the attachment; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3.

In the embodiment illustrated the numeral 1 indicatcs the cofee or tea pot and 2 the percolator attachment which is arranged in the upper end thereof. This attachment comprises an outer casing, 3, having an upper cylindrical body, 4, provided with a handle, 5, and a lower cylindrical portion, 6, which depends from the body and-is of somewhat smaller diameter leavin 'an an-v nular shoulder, 7, at the junction o the portions, 4 and`6.

In racticel when the 'percolator attachment 1s arranged in position, the shoulder,

7 fits on the upper edge as 8 of the coliee or4 ,tea pot and is thereby supported lin position while the lower portion, 6, extends down into the mouth of the pot. Thepercolator also comprises a strainer, 9, having anupper cylindrical body, 10, and a reduced perforated cylindrical straining portion, 11,

I which depends from the body portion, 10,

leaving a shoulder, 12, at the junction of the portions, 10 and 11. The lower edge of the portion, 6, of the outer casing or section, 3, is provided with an inwardly turned annular supporting rim, 13, which provides a support or seat for the annular shoulder 12 f I of the strainer section, 9. The upper edge of the body, 10, of the strainer section is provided with an annular rim, 14, which lits upon the inner face of the annular shoulder, 7. A handle, 15, is secured at opposite ends in any suitable manner to the body, 10, by means of which the strainer section may be readily replaced in or removed from the outer casing or section. For example, the outer casing mayl remain in position permanently until it is desired to clean the pot, 1, while the vstrainer section may be frequently removed for cleaning'and for a new supply of coffee or tea. The outer casing is provided with a cover, 16.

It is to be' understood of course 'that the coffee or tea is placed in the straining portion, 1l, of the strainer section, 9, and the hot water pouredI one or more times into the' outer casing which provides a hopper for the water after which it passes through the coffee or tea and the perforations of the straining portion into the pot, 1.

`F rom the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

VVarious changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantagesAof this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A percolator attachment for coffee or tea pots comprising an outer cylindrical casing having a lower depending portion which lits snugly inthe mouth of the-pot leaving an annular shoulder at the junctionofthe outer and lower portions of the casing, adapted to seat upon the upper edge of the pot, a strainer section comprising a cylindrical body adapted to t within the lower depending portion of the outer casing and provided at its upper edge with an annular Megeve v perforated, reduced and closed stiaining` In testimony whereof I have hereunto set portion, having an -annular shoulder at my handin pfesence of tWo subscribing l0 the junction of the body and sti'eningr por- Witnesses.

tions of the strainer section, andY an in- 5 Wardly extending rim formed at the lower edge of the depending portion of the outer Witnesses: casing and forming a seat for the shoulder GUS G. BEGHER,' of the strainer section. v CEAS. L. DICKEY.

FRANK NATHER. 

